woodcut illustration of the New Madrid quakes
New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811–1812

During the early hours of December 16, 1811, a series of violent shakes roused inhabitants of the mid-Mississippi…

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A Union encampment in the Arcadia valley early in the war. Pilot Knob Mountain is at right. [Harper’s Weekly, September 21, 1861]
Battle of Pilot Knob

In September of 1864, Confederate army troops led by Major General Sterling Price entered…

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Ferdinand Rozier. [Mary Rozier Sharp, Between the Gabouri, 1981]
Ferdinand Rozier (1777–1864)

Ferdinand Rozier was an early resident of historic Ste. Genevieve and…

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Theodore Pease Russell. [State Historical Society of Missouri, John Steele McCormick Collection, R0877]
Theodore Pease Russell (1820–1899)

Born in 1820, Theodore Russell was the third son of Cyrus and Rebecca Russell, who…

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Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. [Popular Science Monthly, May 1890]
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793–1864)

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft has a deserved reputation as an accomplished scientist-explorer who…

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Prison photographs of Cleo Wright. [Courtesy of Missouri State Archives]
Cleo Wright (1916–1942)

Born in Jefferson County, Arkansas, on June 16, 1916, Ricelor Cleodas Watson was the son of…

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